Talking Theatre

Interviews with Theatre People

Richard Eyre

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Nick Hern Books
16 June 2011

Theatre Studies; Theatre: individual actors & directors

A superlative account of how theatre is made, in the words of the very people who make it.

In Talking Theatre, Richard Eyre uses his unrivalled access to leading theatre people to allow us to eavesdrop on the stories behind many of the most important productions and performances in the theatre of recent times:

John Gielgud • Peter Brook • Margaret 'Percy' Harris • Peter Hall • Ian McKellen • Judi Dench • Trevor Nunn • Vanessa Redgrave • Fiona Shaw • Liam Neeson • Stephen Rea • Stephen Sondheim • Arthur Laurents • Arthur Miller • August Wilson • Jason Robards • Kim Hunter • Tony Kushner • Luise Rainer • Alan Bennett • Harold Pinter • Tom Stoppard • David Hare • Jocelyn Herbert • William Gaskill • Arnold Wesker • Peter Gill • Christopher Hampton • Peter Shaffer • Frith Banbury • Alan Ayckbourn • John Bury • Victor Spinetti • John McGrath • Cameron Mackintosh • Patrick Marber • Steven Berkoff • Deborah Warner • Willem Dafoe • Simon McBurney • Robert Lepage • John Johnston (Britain's last Theatre Censor)

'A rich, stimulating treasure trove. Eyre's interviews exactly hit the spot: in revealing themselves, his subjects also give the reader a panoramic view of modern theatre' Michael Billington

'A mine of first-hand theatrical information and insight and, better still, a wonderful compendium of high-grade gossip'

— Daily Telegraph

'Truly various and never less than fierce critical thinking condensed into one endlessly entertaining volume'

— Sunday Times Theatre Book of 2009

'Fascinating... Talking Theatre is a must'

— Exuent Magazine

By: Richard Eyre
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 444g
ISBN: 9781848421387
ISBN 10: 1848421389
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 16 June 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Eyre worked for ten years in regional theatre in Leicester, Edinburgh and Nottingham. He was producer of the BBC's Play for Today from 1978 to 1981, and was Artistic Director of the National Theatre from 1988 to 1997. His work since includes a musical and several plays in the West End, at the National Theatre, Broadway, and opera at Covent Garden and at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. His film and television work includes The Ploughman's Lunch, Tumbledown, Iris, Notes on a Scandal, and Changing Stages, a six-part look at twentieth-century theatre. He has published three books, including National Service, a journal of his time at the National Theatre.

Reviews for Talking Theatre: Interviews with Theatre People

'A mine of first-hand theatrical information and insight and, better still, a wonderful compendium of high-grade gossip' -- Charles Spencer * Daily Telegraph * 'Truly various and never less than fierce critical thinking condensed into one endlessly entertaining volume' * Sunday Times Theatre Book of 2009 * 'Fascinating... Talking Theatre is a must' * Exuent Magazine *